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Safe Dividend Investing

Safe Dividend Investing

By: Ian Duncan MacDonald
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In 2000, I lost $300,000 in mutual funds that an investment advisor had put my lifesavings into.... I lost it because I had entrusted it to an industry that does not educate investors nor encourage them to look closely at what that industry is doing with their money..... I set out to find a better, safer way to invest..... My podcasts relate to what I learned in creating a generous, reliable income and in growing my wealth.... A few of the more important lessons I learned and explore are:.... (1) It is critical that you become a self-directed investor.....(2) If you can not easily measure the risk and potential in an investment, then do not invest in it. This excludes from your portfolio bundled investment devices, like mutual funds, ETFs and Index funds,..... (3) Financially strong companies who have paid “good dividends” for decades will continue to stay strong and continue to pay good dividends because it is both part of their "character" and in their executives selfish interest.....(4) Diversification is critical. Investing equally in the best 20 strong dividend stocks is the ideal.....A portfolio of 20 limits your risk in any one stock to 5% of your wealth..... No matter how strong you think a stock is, do not fall in love with it..... I have lived very well off my steady dividend income for 18 years, through two market crashes and one pandemic. I have watched my portfolio’s capital more than triple from where I started, despite taking out a generous dividend income every year to live on... In charts, for my second investment book,(Safer Better Dividend Investing), I spent months scoring all 628 dividend stocks paying dividends of 6% or greater traded on the TSX, NYSE and the NASDAQ. I discovered dozens of stocks that can provide not only a generous dividend income but outstanding capital growth.....Financial independence is realizable for careful, patient, dividend investors.

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  • Podcast 251 -WARREN BUFFETT ON BITCOINS, BUBBLES AND VALUE INVESTING

    Podcast 251 -WARREN BUFFETT ON BITCOINS, BUBBLES AND VALUE INVESTING
    Nov 29 2025

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    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing’s Podcast # 251, on November 29th of 2025. My name is Ian Duncan MacDonald, and I am an author of six investment books.

    Today is a very quick podcast. I am trying to finish up my latest book before Christmas. It is called “Achieving Financial Independence From 180 High Dividend NYSE stocks - Analyzed and Scored”. Over the last 7 months It has taken up much more of my time than I had expected. However, the end is in sight, and I think it will be of great assistance to anyone trying to build a portfolio of financially strong, high dividend, income stocks.

    I did have time this week to watch a recent lecture by Warren Buffet on YouTube. It is not often you get insights into the pluses and minuses of bit coins, investment bubbles, and why value investing works, from an outstanding investor with 70 years of investment experience. I think anyone who listens to this video will come away as I did much wiser and better informed. The lecture has a terrible title to get your attention “Bitcoin is going to zero”. It was easily found on YouTube. I strongly recommend listening to it.

    Hopefully I will soon finish the job of launching my new 340-page book. My plan is to have a preliminary release of the book at a reduced price. If you wish to be informed of this preliminary release, please email me at imacd@informus.ca.

    This is Ian MacDonald hoping my 250 podcasts have motivated you to pursue financial independence as a self-directed investor. Visit my website www.informus.ca if you wish to learn more about me and my books.

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author and Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca
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    3 mins
  • Podcast 250 - ACCUMULATING NOT SPENDING MAKES YOU WEALTHY

    Podcast 250 - ACCUMULATING NOT SPENDING MAKES YOU WEALTHY
    Nov 22 2025

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    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 250 (November 22, 2025)

    It is interesting to investigate what motivates investors to invest in the stock market. Do they believe that once their portfolio achieves a specific dollar amount the they will the be "wealthy". Will they recognize that spending money unnecessarily and thoughtlessly can quickly destroy the wealth they may have spent years accumulating. The reality is that if you spend all you earn, you are not getting wealthier, you are just living high.

    How much do ego and envy influence the spending habits of investors? Hopefully this week's podcast may help you with your investment priorities.

    I write my investment books for those who fear that they will lose their life savings by investing in the stock market My books show investors an easy, safe way to select financially strong, safe, growing companies who pay high dividends . I have been successfully investing this way for more than twenty years . My portfolio of strong dividend stocks not only provides me with a reliable, growing six figure income but over time has continued to increase the value of my portfolio by many multiples.

    For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or listen to the previous 249 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. Some of the remainder give you an opportunity to practice choosing stocks and introduce new relevant topics

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author and Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca
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    18 mins
  • UPS & FDX WHICH IS BEST FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO?

    UPS & FDX WHICH IS BEST FOR YOUR PORTFOLIO?
    Nov 16 2025

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    Welcome to Safe Dividend Investing's Podcast 249- (November 15, 2025)

    When you ask someone's advice in choosing a stock are you subconsciously looking for someone, other than yourself, to blame if the stock loses money?

    You are perfectly capable of doing some simple, easy analysis to determine the strength and potential of a stock. In this podcast I walk you through the process. It is not difficult and takes minutes not hours to do. Two stock multi billion dollar companies UPS and FDX are used to illustrate the procedures. Rely on your own analysis and know exactly why the stock you chose was based on factual not hearsay information or stock tips.

    I write my investment books for those who fear that they will lose their life savings by investing in the stock market My books show investors an easy, safe way to select financially strong, safe, growing companies who pay high dividends . I have been successfully investing this way for more than twenty years . My portfolio of strong dividend stocks not only provides me with a reliable, growing six figure income but over time has continued to increase the value of my portfolio by multiples multiples. This conflicts with what I was told by investment who told me my portfolio would gradually shrink as the years went by.

    Unlike mutual funds and index funds - where investors have no control over their investment and only a vague idea as to what stocks are in the fund - a self-directed investor can fully understand and appreciate the value of each stock in the portfolio that they created. They can escape the mundane returns and high fees inherent in owning funds.

    For more information on self-directed investing go to my website www.informus.ca or listen to the previous 248 weekly podcasts. The first 160 podcasts are devoted to answering questions from investors just like you. Some of the remainder give you an opportunity to practice choosing stocks and introduce new relevant topics

    Ian Duncan MacDonald
    Author and Commercial Risk Consultant,
    President of Informus Inc
    2 Vista Humber Drive
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada, M9P 3R7
    Toronto Telephone - 416-245-4994
    New York Telephone - 929-800-2397
    imacd@informus.ca
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    20 mins
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